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Originally posted by Lurch@Sep 10 2004, 07:24 AM
Is it the will of 45% to 55% of Americans that makes something a legitimate action in the worlds best interest? Maybe we should make it that at least 66.6% of Americans have to agree via plebiscite - at least that's a tougher standard than what is currently required. I have a lot of confidence that if 2/3 of Americans agree to something there is some pretty compelling evidence. Although I'm not sure, I don't recall there ever being 2/3 support for Iraq, ergo IMO the evidence only convinced people that are 'pro war' by nature plus some small % of the 'swingers'.
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http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq6.htm
About halfway down the page, an ABC News poll on March 17, 2003 sates that 71% of Americans supported a war in Iraq - 2 days before the US went in.
NBC poll 2 wks earlier showed 65% said miltary action should be taken.
Interesting twist tho, a CBS poll from March 15/16 showed 56% believed that Bush had enough evidence to go in, but 49% wanted to give the UN more time.
The mood of the American public was tough to accurately guage in general, if you don't believe this, take a look at those polls, and the different questions and subquestions that were asked. Can't imagine how the White House could have sorted all of this out...